Welcome to room 33!! My name is Mr. Hernandez and I will be teaching 8th grade English/History CORE and AVID. I have my bachelors and masters degrees from University of California, Irvine. I am originally from Southern California and moved up to San Jose three years ago for a teaching position. I love playing, watching, and coaching sports. I coach basketball and track and field on my spare time. This is my third year teaching in the Mt. Pleasant school district, but I taught 8th grade English/History in the Alum Rock school district for one year as well. In my classroom we do a variety of assignments, such as homework, classwork, tests, quizzes, and projects (both group and individual), that will go toward their final grades. Every single night I assign some form of homework, whether it's homework, reading an AR book, project work, or studying for a test. Students should be reading and studying notes every single night.